Thursday, February 10, 2011

"Tangled: Rapunzel’s Tale" By: Barbara Bazaldua (Traditional Literature, Chapter Book, Free Choice)


Tangled is a creative twist of the popular fairy tale, Rapunzel. This book is told from Rapunzel’s point of view, and begins with her description of her life in the tower with her “mother.” One day a young boy named Flynn Rider stumbles into her tower, and she soon captures him and his satchel. Rapunzel soon makes a deal with Flynn that she will give him back his satchel, if he takes her to see the “lights” in a far away kingdom on her birthday. The two soon set off on breath-taking adventure, through which they encounter some difficult situations, but as with most fairy tales, it has a happy ending.

After reading this book in my class, I would have the students do a book pass with a few different versions of this same fairy tale. I would break them into small groups, giving each group a few different versions on the same fairy tale. While reviewing the books, they would complete the book pass worksheet, writing down the title, author, and a comment that they have about each book. After doing this, we would come together as a group to discuss some of the similarities and differences between the different versions, and some of the things that they noticed while looking at their books.

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